robberynoun definition in Types of crime topic from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

robbery

noun: Types of crime topic

the crime of stealing money or goods from a bank, shop/store, person, etc., especially using violence or threatsarmed robbery (= using a gun, knife, etc.)There has been a spate of robberies in the area recently.He was shot as he tried to foil a bank robbery.He already had a conviction for armed robbery.